All-Pervasive Palantir-Built Surveillance System Is Monitoring Australians
Most of us understand the concept of Big Brother from George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother heads the Ingsoc government that runs Oceania, which is notable for the all-seeing-eye system it’s developed, in which citizens have no privacy....
Albanese Remains Silent on Australians Kidnapped and Tortured by Israel
Six Australian citizens sitting in boats in international waters close by the coast of Crete, a Greek island, were apprehended at semiautomatic gunpoint and taken hostage by Israeli soldiers on 30 April 2026. The Australians were then detained on a...
Albanese Follows Trump’s Lead by Increasing Military Spending Whilst Cutting Disability Funding
Australian defence minister Richard Marles announced that the government will raise military spending to 3 percent of GDP by 2033, during a 16 April 2026 speech at the National Press Club, whilst health minister Mark Butler addressed the same venue...
Civil Society Calls on Corrective Services NSW to Implement Ombudsman Prison Reforms
A coalition of 16 New South Wales legal and rights organisations is calling on NSW corrections minister Anoulack Chanthivong to urgently ensure that Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) actions the 34 recommendations the NSW Ombudsman advised it implement in respect to...
Antisemitism Interim Report Finds No Legislative or Systems Gaps, But the Stickler Is Still to Come
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion interim report outlines that there could have been a heavier police presence on Gadigal land at the Jewish event at Bondi Beach, when the 14 December 2025 mass murder took place, and...
The Combined Offence of High Range Drink Driving and Drug Driving in NSW
A little after 3pm on Sunday, 3 March 2026, New South Wales Police Traffic and Highway Patrol Command officers were patrolling on Bundjalung land in the northeastern New South Wales town of Tweed Heads, when they were alerted to a...
No Apologies: Threat of Police Violence Stands After Protest Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
New South Wales premier Chris Minns’ blanket ban on street protests was struck down by the NSW Supreme Court on 16 April 2026. Such a prohibition being in place on 9 February this year, prevented 20,000-odd constituents from conducting a...
Racism and Hate Crimes Fuel the National Debate for Some, But Not Others
The heckling of Aboriginal army veterans and presenters at Anzac Day 2026 dawn services spread this year. The New York Times noted as much. This was in the same manner in which racism against First Peoples has risen in many...
Lawless Israel Kidnaps Six Australians from Global Sumud Flotilla on the High Seas
Zack Schofield, an Australian citizen, reported over social media from a boat sailing in international waters west of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea at around 8 am Sydney time on 30 April 2026, that those onboard were likely to soon...
“I Just Can’t Believe It, Darling”: Gina Minehard on Being Raided by VicPol Terrorism Officers
Victoria police counterterrorism officers raided four activists at around 7 am on 17 April 2026, as the women were allegedly connected to a 5-minute-long theatrical stunt outside the US consulate in Naarm-Melbourne on 26 March, which involved the pouring of...
